Looking back on the first game of the Kirby era (2016 UNC)

Highlights

Some thoughts looking back:

-Man, I miss the Georgia Dome. What an awesome atmosphere that building had…

-We just look different now. That team played its arse off, but they were just physically inferior to what we’re putting on the field these days. No way 2016 Georgia offense scores a point on our 2021 defense unless Chubb just has some insane 80-yard run.

-We’ve had good running backs since 2017, but you should go back and watch Nick Chubb tape every now and then just to remember the difference between a great RB and an all-time great RB. He was on another level.

-Some Georgia football names you may have forgotten: Brandon Kublanow, Jeb Blazevich, Michael Chigbu, Juwuan Briscoe, Quincy Mauger and William Ham

-North Carolina had some dudes on offense that year. They probably should’ve beaten us that night. TJ Logan, Elijah Hood and Ryan Switzer were pretty nasty. That bomb from Eason to IMac in the 4th really turned that game around.

-Do we have QB controversy every damn year? I totally forgot about the Grayson Lambert/Jacob Eason saga

-Maurice Smith may be the one of the most important players in the Kirby era that no one ever talks about these days. He looked in 2016 like our DB’s look now. I think bringing him over from Bama was huge because he probably helped coach up a lot of those dudes that ended up leading that great 2017 defense. He was a step above the rest of the D that year


Overall, really fun to watch where this era started knowing now that it eventually led to a championship.

Here’s to more championships to come